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Bemidji Community Food Shelf coordinator Jack Judkins inspects the installation of their new split cooler Thursday. The Food Shelf has a couple locker plants to store frozen meat, including donations from deer hunters this weekend. The cooler installation should be complete by the middle of next week. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

news BEMIDJI – As the 2012 deer hunting season gears up, area food banks are encouraging hunters to participate in the state’s Hunter Harvested Venison Donation Program. But as the prices of meat go up and the deer harvest goes down, it’s getting harder for food shelves to get quality meat. “We may...
Bemidji, 56619

Bemidji Minnesota P.O. Box 455 56619

2012-11-02 04:26:28

BEMIDJI – As the 2012 deer hunting season gears up, area food banks are encouraging hunters to participate in the state’s Hunter Harvested Venison Donation Program. But as the prices of meat go up and the deer harvest goes down, it’s getting harder for food shelves to get quality meat.

Jack Hittinger is the sports editor of the Bemidji Pioneer. He is also the Bemidji State beat writer. He hails from the Great State of Michigan. Read his Bemidji State blog at http://thebeaverblog.areavoices.com/ and follow him on Twitter at @Jackhitts.